Timur Gareyev was just moves into a world record 48-board simultaneous blindfold chess exhibition in Las Vegas when he decided to change tactics. “I was like, OK, I’m just going to try to go with the ...

Chess is often regarded as the game that is most commonly associated with intelligence and strategy. Science has in fact proven that chess players have more cognitive skill than non-chess players. But ...

When two men play chess together for many years what happens when one of two dies? This was the question Jack Powers faced when his friend and chess playing partner Steven Tschantz died. Powers not ...

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